It's possible to incorporate coding and programming into core subject areas--here's how to get started.

Caring for a garden can be incorporated into lessons for most subjects, providing opportunities for science experiments, art projects and social-emotional learning, among other things.

Games can help all students develop skills such as adaptability and collaboration, writes Benjamin Leskovansky, Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School's IT instructor. In this commentary, Leskovansky writes that "gamification" - or game-based learning - helped his computer science career and shares how games can be applied to almost any topic.

The benefits of reading aloud aren’t limited to elementary students. One middle school teacher explains how “read-alongs” improve comprehension and boost engagement.

Focusing less on the slides and more on student discussion fosters deeper engagement.

Research into how the brain works is informing a professional learning community organized by Kristin Simmers, who is an English-as-an-additional-language teacher in Thailand. In this article, Simmers writes about how the PLC works and how teachers are using the research, such as learning how making mistakes in math creates connections in the brain.

A focus on STEM education has led many educators to turn to off-the-shelf programs designed to serve as a fun way to introduce students to coding, writes Steven Fink, founder of SummerTech. In this commentary, Fink questions such "edutainment" methods, arguing most fail to teach students the basics of coding.

Cybersecurity risks including increased threats from hackers call for greater focus on preparing today's students to be the next generation of cyberdefenders, writes Sam Bocetta, a former Defense Department security analyst. In this commentary, he shares strategies to help teachers make cybersecurity concepts part of the fabric of classroom lessons.

Using representational drawings or concrete examples from daily life can help students make sense of fractions, writes former teacher LauraMarie Coleman. She gives an example of asking students how they would divide a giant chocolate chip cookie to share and making a bar drawing to visualize the problem.

Cross-curricular writing is making gains in more schools, so Jeremy Hyler, a middle-school English teacher, offers strategies to integrate writing into science classes. In this blog post, Hyler writes that one strategy he uses is to ask students to keep their science notebooks with them, so they have more opportunities to write and draw.

The Acera School’s founder now has evidence that her ideas work for kids, and she’s bringing her model to an urban district.

The method allows educators to successfully craft lesson plans that integrate tech as a means to an end rather than the core component.